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Microsoft Plans Port of Silverlight to Moblin
Among the countless announcements in the Intel Developer Forum regarding Moblin was a joint press release from Intel and Microsoft. In it is announced that Microsoft wants to port Silverlight to Moblin.
Android in Sight: MIPS Technologies Joins Open Handset Alliance
The Open Handset Alliance supporting the Android operating system has won a new member in MIPS Technologies.
Veusz 1.5 Plotter Can Also Do EMF
Veusz, a free plotting package for scientific data, is now available in version 1.5. Among the new features is support for Microsoft's EMF graphics format.
Barrelfish: Multikernel Operating System out of Zurich
A group from the ETH technical institute in Zurich is working together with software giant Microsoft on a new kind of operating system called Barrelfish. The first results are now available under an open source license.
Moblin Brings Btrfs into View, Eschews Ext4
The recently released version 2.0 of Moblin elicited significant feedback. One frequently posed question was, why not ext4?
Kernel 2.6.32 Enters Final Test Phase
Linus Torvalds has announced RC1 for Linux Kernel 2.6.32.
Wine Improves 3D and MAPI Support
This past weekend the Wine project released a new version of its Windows emulator. Apart from the numerous obligatory bug fixes, the release includes improvements to the Direct3D 10 API and an initial support for the Open Audio Library (OpenAL).
Apache Lucene Java Search Engine in Version 2.9
The free Java search engine Apache Lucene is available in version 2.9. The release provides numerous new features and API enhancements.
Tenth Anniversary Test: Live CD for Gentoo Linux 10.0
The Gentoo project is celebrating its tenth anniversary, which inspired the Gentoo-Ten team to produce a special DVD that is now available in a test version.
Moblin Brings 2.0 and More
Moblin 2.0 is officially ready for download and provides new services for mobile devices with Moblin Garage and Application Installer.